Set up course notifications

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Students track a lot of moving parts when taking a course through Desire2Learn (D2L), and often struggle to keep them all straight. This online training video shows how to set up course notifications in D2L, which can automatically notify students by text message or email about upcoming deadlines, posted grades, or newly available material, which help students stay organized.

- [Instructor] Here's another clip with information…you can provide to your students,…just to make the experience of using D2L easier for them.…With the course notifications tool,…you can configure D2L to automatically…contact you about any meaningful changes,…as well as alert you with upcoming deadlines.…To access the course notifications tool,…tell students to click on the drop-down menu…with their name at the top of the D2L interface,…and then select Notifications.…This takes students to the notification area.…

The first thing they can do is verify contact information.…In most campus setups, D2L automatically…harvests e-mail through a student's login details,…but they can also provide specific e-mail information here.…To receive text notifications,…students also can provide, or verify, a mobile phone number.…The next stop should be the Summary of Activity area.…By default, a summary of update it set to daily,…so they'll receive daily updates…of all information or changes.…

If they're not interested in daily updates though,…

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8/8/2017

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9/1/2016

Desire2Learn (D2L) is a highly customizable course management system, focusing on higher education and corporate training. It offers a flexible UI and supports blended classrooms and online learning. Find out how easy it is to get started. In this course, Author Alan Ackmann explores the features and best practices you need to know to teach with D2L. Learn how to customize the Desire2Learn interface, communicate with students, assign and grade student work, and understand how D2L functions from the student perspective. There are many opportunities along the way to add interactivity and quizzes, and improve the community and collaboration in your classroom with tools like discussion boards and feedback.

Topics include:

Communicating with students

Developing course competencies and learning objectives

Setting up a classroom, include a digital dropbox and discussion board